New varieties mean new learning opportunities for us on the farm and fun new ingredients for the restaurant to experiment with.

Chef Vincent Nattress has closed Orchard Kitchen while he works on two books.

Now, the thing I had avoided for 35 years had happened; I was being forced to learn how to bake bread. 

Roux was a great adventure, and I am proud of my first baby. It was a critical success, and a financial disaster.

It occurred to me that learning to cook, learning an instrument and becoming fluent in a foreign language were all very similar.

You may have heard that I am taking time off to work on my writing. Which raises the question: writing what?